TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

'Frisco mail to-morrow. General elections on Friday. Board of Education mob to-day. Taupo from Eastern Pacific to-day. First wool ealos of tho eeason to-day. Rowdy political (nestings in the South. Final political addiesaes to-night and tomorrow, •« Hands Across tho Sea " ab tho Oper» House to-night. Eight Hours Demonstration Sporta in the Domain next Saturday. " The totaliaator is a plsasnrablr machine."—Mr Crowther. Disorderly scene at a women's election meeting at Dunedin yesterday. Staamer Fiona leaves to-day for New South Wales with a cargo of pumice. Mamaku, near Rotorua, is distinguished us being tho loftiest) railway station in the coloay, being 1,333 feet above the see level, or over 800 feet above tha lake leva? ab Rotorua. The open air prohibition meeting last evening at the foot of Grey-street was very largely attended. Addressee were gives by the Rays. Kothweil and Mather, and Air Patterson, from Kansaj. The brass band of the Union Free Church rendered several musical selections. Mrs C. A. Anderson, of Glen Farm, Upper YTaiwera, was thrown out of hsr trap at that place lately, owing to her horeo taking fright at a sledge which was coming along the road, and was picked up insensible. She was much bruised and shaken, but is now recovering. The champion place for Smiths is Paeroa, says a Faoroa correspondent. If you go oufe in the main street) and call enb Smith y»c will have the street nearly filled at one?. A Smith weddhig took place the other day. A widow, named Smith, took • second husband, named Smith, the bridesmaid was named Smith, and all the Tiestors were Smiths. Ab the meeting of tbe Devonport Borough. Council last evening Cr. Dunning suggested that) the Raagitoto Domain Board thould make a charge on excursion steamers landing passengers on flangitoto Irland, in view of tho proposed track to tho top of tho island. The Mayor said the Harbour Board might work with the Domain Board in making a charge on certain days in tho year. Gigborna pacpta hare determined to proceed systematically wifcw prospecting: operations at the back of tho Urewera country, between Nuhaka and Opotiki; in fact, two parties hays already been ssnti out fully equipped for a thorough investigation of the country lying between the two places menfciened, and tho members of these parties are reported to be confident of being able to discover gold in the metalliferous belt known to exiab at the back of the dividing rauge.